China Warplanes Simulated Attack on U.S. Aircraft Carrier, Defense Analysts Say
On 4/13/21 at 6:12 AM EDT
A fleet of Chinese warplanes likely simulated an attack on a U.S. aircraft carrier group when a record 25 fighter jets and nuclear-capable bombers triggered Taiwan s air defense radars this week, analysts said on Tuesday.
The military operation coincided with the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group s (CSG) presence north of the Philippines, and came in the hours after Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed Washington s serious commitment to Taiwan and its self-defense.
Beijing s use of its People s Liberation Army to intimidate democratic Taiwan became a matter of public record last September when the island s defense ministry began logging aircraft intrusions into its self-declared air defense identification zone (ADIZ).
Courtesy of the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea
Manila’s foreign office said Tuesday it had summoned Beijing’s ambassador for the first time to discuss the “illegal lingering presence” of Chinese ships moored in its exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea, as the Philippines stepped up its protest on the issue.
Meanwhile late Tuesday, a government task force said that Philippine military patrols over the weekend had spotted hundreds of Chinese Maritime Military ships also “lingering” in different Philippine-claimed areas of the disputed waterway.
Undersecretary Elizabeth Buensuceso said she met Chinese Ambassador Huang Xi Lian at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday and repeated Manila’s demand that Beijing withdraw the ships.
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